House of the dead 3

Grab your light gun and get ready for some action. House of the Dead III takes place twenty years after the events of II, with Lisa Rogan and Agent G looking into the disappearance of Thomas Rogan, Lisa's father. The story, though, doesn't really matter. Yes, you're looking for the elder Rogan and yeah there's some back story flashbacks strewn in between each level (six total), but all that really matters is that you're in a house of the dead and there are beasties everywhere looking to take a bite out of crimefighters. You've got to blast your way through a horde of ungodly creatures and rescue Thomas Rogan.
Taking the role of either Lisa or Agent G (the only difference being one stands on the left and the other on the right), you'll enter the House of the Dead, which is actually a corporate office. Well, I guess if these zombies work late enough hours they can call it a "home". Anyone familiar with past Houses or, for that matter, almost any other light game, will get the grasp of things rather quickly. There's one or two player mode and each player aims a crosshair and fires at everything and anything in sight. But don't expect your standard House this time around, because WOW has shaken things up a bit.
In House of the Dead II, there were lots of innocents getting in the way. If you killed one, which was easy (and fun) to do, you lost a life. But in III, there are no innocents to worry about. Instead, you've only got to sweat saving your partner from some hairy jams. Occasionally your partner will be trapped and under duress from a few zombies. The game pauses a moment, highlights the offending zombies in red, and then lets you at them. Kill them all quickly and you'll keep Agent G from some nasty rashes. And for a reward you'll snag a bonus life. Move too slow, and G will take a hit, but you won't be penalized. But saving innocents didn't just keep you from losing lives in HOTD II, it also changed the path of the game. A saved innocent might give you a key or point you in a different direction. But there are no innocents here, so that type of path divergence isn't possible.
That's a subtle change, something that can be easily overlooked. But that wasn't enough for WOW, who took a huge gamble and stripped HOTD III of a shooter staple. You won't hear anyone shouting "Reload!" as you play HOTD III, because this time you were smart enough to bring an auto-loading shotgun with you. The shotgun has limited bullets, and when all shots are fired it will automatically reload, but this still takes time. So if you are reloading and are still under attack, you could get screwed over. But generally, that's not gonna be the case. And though it seems like this would kill the game, because reloading was a key part of the originals, it's actually a boon.